AT-KABUL: An analysis session held by the Rana Think Tank, called the current government weaker comparing the past administrations, saying that mistakes in the serving government are much more than experienced in the monarchy and the administrations after that. Abdul Jabbar Taqwa, former Kabul provincial governor who now heads the …
Read More »Kabul deadliest attack death toll jumps to 64
By M. Sadiq Yousafi-KABUL: The death toll from the Tuesday’s deadliest Taliban attack incapital Kabul jumped to 64, and the number of injured persons to 347, several of them still in hospitals under treatment, according to security officials. “With regrets to announce in yesterday’s (Tuesday) attack, 64 of our innocent …
Read More »China supports full membership of Afghanistan at SCO
AT-KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Mohammad Hanif Atmar met with Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Beijing the other day. The two sides held in-depth talks about expansion of bilateral relation, China’s economic cooperation with Afghanistan and fight against terrorism, National Security Council spokesman, Tawab Ghorzang said in …
Read More »33 insurgents killed, 35 wounded in raids: MoD
AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces in different crackdowns across the country during past 24 hours, had killed 33 insurgents and injured 35 other militants, security officials said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a press statement, said that the security forces conducted operations against insurgents in different areas …
Read More »Kabul suicide attack condemned
AT-KABUL: Tuesday’s suicide attack in Kabul city was nationally and internationally condemned as a terrorist attack, which could not be justified by any means. President Ashraf Ghani said in a statement that: “such cowardly terrorist attacks will not weaken the will and determination of Afghan security forces to fight against …
Read More »Italy to donate €120m to Afghan development projects
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Afghan and Italian officials signed three economical, infrastructural and cultural cooperation agreements on Tuesday here in Kabul. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salahuddin Rabbani during singing ceremony, said that according to the agreements the government of Italy vowed to construct Chest-i-Sharif road in Herat province at …
Read More »Drone strike kills five Daesh terrorists in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: Five fighters of the Islamic State (IS) also known as Daesh, were killed in a US drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said Tuesday. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani said that the drone was targeted the hideouts of Daesh militants in Shadal locality of Achin district. “The fighters …
Read More »28 killed, 180 wounded in Kabul blast: Police
MoPH says 327 injured were shifted to hospitals By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 28 people were killed and 180 others mostly civilians injured in Kabul blast on Tuesday morning, officials said. “First an explosives-laden truck was blown up in the Pul-e-Mahmoud Khan neighborhood near a security office and latter an …
Read More »Abdullah postpones Pakistan visit
AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah postponed his official trip to Pakistan after Kabul deadliest attack that killed 30 and wounded 327. Abdullah in his Twitter account said that after initial evidence of Tuesday’s suicide attack in Kabul, he decided to postpone his upcoming official visit to Pakistan. This visit was …
Read More »Afghan-Turk international expo held in Kabul
By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) as well as the Afghan and Turkish Industrialists and Trade Association (ATITA) jointly organized the sixth exhibition Tuesday in Kabul. 35 Afghan companies and 25 Turkish firms exhibited their products in 87 booths for four days that includes of electronic …
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